Robert F. Sargent

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Robert F. Sargent (1923–2012) was a United States Coast Guard chief petty officer. He was from Summit, New Jersey. A photographers mate, he is best known for a photograph he took of troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division landing on Omaha Beach from a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft (from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase (APA-26)) on D-Day.

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